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I squinted at the horizon, hoping for some infinitesimal glimpse of Barnhill, remembering the fruit trees and rose bushes Orwell planted one year during a special winter visit, dreaming of the glorious garden he managed to carve out of the "jungle," reminiscing about the afternoon "the whole of the nearest village" arrived in lorries to help harvest the corn, regretting the beautiful white beaches that are now never used for swimming.

In Search of Orwell's Scottish Retreat 1994

Later on, to get firewood for the troops farther back, parties of men were sent in lorries to wreck the place systematically.

Homage to Catalonia 1938

It's funny how in England we call lorries, lorries.

Band Weblogs Dave Tommo 2009

Not to be too heavy-handed, but the lorries are the governing powers of the West and the Soviet Union and the children are the rest of us.

The Enigmatic Face of Terror 2008

The lorries are the only vehicles which approach; nothing goes by water; there cannot be a tunnel, because there is no place for the other end.

The Pit Prop Syndicate Freeman Wills Crofts 1918

Last year, working in shifts, a number of the town's residents kept the button continually pressed, and at one point had a miles-long traffic jam of trucks called "lorries" in the UK and autos stretching back out of town.

Gizmodo Jaymi Heimbuch - Treehugger 2011

Wagons, carts, mule teams and motor trucks - "lorries," the English call them -- were dashing to and fro.

Air Service Boys in the Big Battle Or, Silencing the Big Guns Charles Amory Beach

The vehicles such as lorries and buses run but occasionally.

Recently Uploaded Slideshows smrutibhave 2010

Import of vehicles such as lorries which transport goods was down 5.6 percent to 1473, for the same period as measured by registration of new vehicles, according to central bank statistics.

LBO-Lanka Business Online 2010

The Exeter team developed a computer model that simulated the impact of unexpected events on motorways, such as lorries changing lanes.

The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010